Alexander Johnston Papers: Exploration, Survey And Description Of Southern Alberta

Scope and Content: 19891016062 - Article: Place Names And Old Maps by Alex Johnston. Deals with Indian Place Names for various localities in Southern Alberta. 1982. 19891016063 - Notes taken from the reports of General Isaac Stevens, made during his expedition to discover a railway route across the northern polaings…

Scope and Content: 19891016062 - Article: Place Names And Old Maps by Alex Johnston. Deals with Indian Place Names for various localities in Southern Alberta. 1982. 19891016063 - Notes taken from the reports of General Isaac Stevens, made during his expedition to discover a railway route across the northern polaings of the United States. Also, an editied version of expedition member James Doty's report of a meeting with the Blackfoot people in soutern Alberta. 1853-1855. 19891016064 - Short talk by Alex Johnston on the Palliser Expedition of 1857-1860. No date. 19891016065 - Notes from George M. Dawson's report on the geology in the vicinity of the 49th Parallel. 1875. 19891016066 - Material dealing with George M. Dawson's work for the geological survey of Canada. In southern Alberta. Included are originals of the map showing the area of the Bow and Belly Rivers. The "Preliminary Report on the Geology of the Bow and Belly River Region.." Also included are copies of Dawson's 1881 Field notes and extracts from the "Report on the region in the vicinity of the Bow and Belly Rivers..." 1881-1884. 19891016067 - A number of articles and reports dealing with various aspects of the geology of southern Alberta. 1919- 1974. 19891016068 - Copy of the "Report of the Survey Board Ffor southern Alberta.1922 19891016069 - Copy of the Geographic Board of Canada file 0021 dealing with the change in name of the Belly River to the Oldman River.